532 
ACTINOPTERYGII. 
Trenchant border of crown nearly parallel to basal margin, 
prominently and delicately crimped when unworn. A smaller and 
much thinner tooth than that of the type species. 
Form, if Loc. Lower Eocene: France. Middle Eocene: Belgium. 
P. 5926 a. Partially abraded tooth, figured by A. 8. Woodward, 
loc. cit. ; Bruxellian, Woluwe St. Lambert, Brussels. 
Presented by Monsieur A. IJouzeau de LeJiaie , 1889. 
P- 5926. Larger, more -worn specimen ; Woluwe St. Lambert. 
Presented by Monsieur A. llovzeau de Lehaie, 1889- 
Another form of tooth, apparently of this genus, from the Eocene 
of tli (i ] unjab, has been named Capitodus indicus by It. Lydekkcr, 
ltec. Geol. Surv. India, vol.xiii. (1880), p.61, and Palacont. Indies, 
ser. x. vol. Hi. (1886), p. 245, pi. xxxv. fig. 1 1 . 
Stouter teeth, more deeply crimped but otherwise niuc i 
resembling those named 2'riyonodon, have also been described as 
follows : — 
S tephanodvs splendens, K. A. von Zittel, Handb. Palaeont. vol. in. 
(1888), p. 298, fig. 310.— Upper Cretaceous; Dachel 
Oasis, Sahara. [Type species of Stephanodus , Zitte , 
non StepJmnodon , Meyer, 1847. Tooth ; Palaeontological 
Museum, Munich.] 
Genus PAGELLUS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
[Hist. Nat. Poiss. vol. vi. 1830, p. 109.] 
Anterior teeth aeutcly conical, minute and clustered, with f ,A ' r 
arge canines ; hinder teeth rounded and molariform, in ^ ° ^ 
more series. Prcoperculum fimbriated, not serrated. Dorsal 0" 
with 11 to 13 spines. Scales of moderate size, finely serrated, ex- 
tending over the operculum and cheek, and forming a sheath at the 
base of the dorsal fin. 
Existing in the Mediterranean and on the eastern shores of the 
Atlantic. 
There are no fossils in the Collection certainly referable to this 
f,enus, and those described as follows arc not generically determin 
able : — 
Otolithus ( Pacjelli ) elegantulus, E. Ivoken, Zeitschr. deutsch. geol- 
Ges. vol. xl. (1888), p. 279, pi. xvii. figs. 5, 6.— Lower 
Tertiary ; Jackson Itiver, Mississippi. [Otolith.] 
